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Since "Goats Head Soup" was the follow-up to "Exile," everyone expected it to be more raw

"Some Girls" is the band's all-time bestseller; it put the Stones back on top

The Stones took their time with "A Bigger Bang," as if they had something to prove

There are roughly a million Rolling Stones albums, and almost all of them have songs that will drastically improve your life. (Some of them also have "Angie.") Where to start? Where to go after the classics? Here's a road map of the good, the great and the "Angie."

'Out of Our Heads' (1965)

Their great R&B album -- by now the Stones could write their own classics as well as pick them. Mick struts through the grooves with a sullen edge of seduction, his voice dripping with sex, while Keith and Brian keep hitting new twin-guitar highs.

Key Track: "Satisfaction" -- if they quit the day after they cut this, they'd still be legends.